Icy Freeze Threat Warns Northern Arizona Travelers
A cold wave warning from the United States Weather Bureau in Flagstaff predicts sharp temperature drops across Northern Arizona after a Christmas storm. Temperatures may fall to five below zero with highs near 26 degrees today and only two degrees higher tomorrow. Winds 15 to 30 mph, roads slick from Flagstaff to the New Mexico line. Motorists urged to avoid highways as crews clear main routes. Snow Bowl reports knee-deep snow north of Flagstaff with roads to Snow Bowl improving later.
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Holiday Peace Hopes Rise Amid Global Turbulence
World leaders respond to Christmas with renewed calls for peace. Khrushchev signals openness to an East West summit in Paris in spring while conflicts persist in Algeria Iran Malaya and Cuba. The season’s focus remains Bethlehem and the traditional Christmas message of harmony.
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Planning Visit to Venus One Way to Get Warm
AP reports spacemen would ride a flying pair to Venus as a one way warm plan. Venus shows a surface temperature near 685 degrees Fahrenheit making life impossible, while Jupiter signals suggest a dangerous radiation halo beyond Van Allen belts. Drake notes radio observations indicate Venus has a hard surface and sustained heat.
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Pope John Hosts Yule Audience With Ambassadors
Vatican City AP reports Pope John XXIII conducts a yearend audience for ambassadors and diplomats accredited to the Holy See. The reception includes officials from Austria Lebanon Paraguay Dominican Republic and others awaiting done.
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Summit Talk Date Still Uncertain
Paris reports on a hoped Paris spring summit with Eisenhower Macmillan and De Gaulle, but Khrushchev marks April 27 as inconvenient and proposes April 2 or May 4. Officials note the plan could push the summit past May Day while De Gaulle eyes a U S Canada visit mid April.
Ike and Herter to Confer Over New Date for Paris Talk
Washington AP report says President Eisenhower seeks a date with Secretary Christian Herter for a possible Western summit with Khrushchev. Herter is out of Washington for the holidays and Eisenhower plans an Augusta vacation Sunday. Khrushchev accepted a Western invite to Paris but favored April 21 or May for the talks.
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Nina's Christmas Spirit Helps Immigrant in Brooklyn
A Russian refugee named Nina runs a small grocery in a Brooklyn tenement and gives free food to policemen and customers during Christmas as a gesture of gratitude for the United States. Neighbors note long lines for her generous, charity like acts and describe the store as a beacon of holiday spirit year round.
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Navajo School Census Highlights Education Shortfall
A Bureau of Indian Affairs census shows 4,116 Navajo school age children, six to 18, not in school, with officials pledging rapid action. The Interior Department plans a supplemental appropriation to accelerate crash construction and seats for thousands more children by 1960, amid cost declines and ongoing rehabilitation efforts.
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Iranian Border Tensions Escalate With Troop Movements
Troops positioned along three frontier villages north of Abadsa to bolster defenses amid rising friction with Iraq over Shatt al Arab control. Traqi officials denied troop concentrations while residents express split support for Transine government and Kassem claims. The Shah delays a Caspian Sea retreat as regional tensions flare.
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Blind Couple Injured In Hit Run Tragedy At Christmas
Bahvini Bunholf lies in a hospital bed after a Christmas Day hit and run that left his blind wife dead. The injured man recalls a sudden vehicle speeding away as he tried to sell pencils to buy gifts, noting no memory of the incident beyond the crash.
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Flagstaff Welcomes Christmas Baby Girl at Hospital
A baby girl was born on Christmas Day at Pingatatt Community Hospital to Mrs Manny Miranda of Cottage City. The Miranda family includes two other children, and the mother is employed at Morvingo Hair Styling while the father is a student at Arts von Sinle College.
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Grim Record Marks Holiday Traffic Toll
A holiday weekend rush driven by speed and risky driving pushed traffic fatalities higher. By 1 am EST, 266 deaths had been counted, one more than the prior year, with authorities noting bad weather and careless driving as causes.
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Rockefeller Withdraws From Top Job Race
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller announced he would not be a presidential candidate this year or consider a nomination for the presidency even if offered. The decision, described as definite and final, was relayed by an aide in Albany after weeks of exploratory talks with Vice President Nixon for the GOP nomination.
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U S Cigaret Use Increases Across The Nation
A 19th century-style report cites Printers' Ink magazine noting rising U S cigarette consumption. VL Wootten, tobacco industry consultant, estimates U S annual consumption around 456 billion cigarettes amid ongoing controversy over cancer risks and public health impacts.
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Arizona's Traffic Toll Nears Record
Arizona's traffic fatalities near the all-time high as the 1949 toll climbs to within three of last year's 508, with deaths rising during the Christmas holiday period to bring the grim total toward the record.
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Traffic deaths surge in holiday period across states
In a four day stretch, 414 fatalities and 68 other accidents were reported by the Associated Press. The toll included 609 deaths in 1935, with incidents near Haverstraw New York Tehula Michigan Joliet and Westaco Texas. Police cited speeding in several crashes.
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Burning Train Endangers Town With Blast Peril
A fire and explosion from a derailed train near Tuscaloosa risked a town being struck by a gas release. Three cars carried manufactured gas. nine other cars were moved to safety while fire crews battled the blaze and limited damage to a diesel engine and attached cars.
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Murder Cry Unfolds In Brooklyn Hotel Killing
Kathleen Perry, 18, tells police she shot Nathan Tynan in a hotel room wheel chair, claiming self defense after a staged Christmas prank and a wrenching argument over custody. She admitted taking a 22 caliber revolver from a van and firing one shot at close range.
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Liberace settlement ends libel suit in London court
London report says Liberace's British attorney announced a settlement in the libel and slander case brought by the American TV entertainer against a London producer. The suit cited remarks on the Apollo There Show titled For Amusement Only, which closed last fall. Writs were ignored against comedian Jimmy Thompson and others connected to related film productions.
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